MOSCOW (MRC) -- Over the ten months the Russian converters invested about $83 mln in injection molding equipment which is 20% more than investments over whole 2009, according to MRC Annual reports.
In the structure of investments over the mentioned period about a quarter of all capital ($19 mln) was spent for increase in powers of molded packaging sector. Leaders among converters investing in molded packaging sector are iPlast (Nizhnekamsk) and Europlast (Solnechnogorsk).
Decreased investment activity in 2010 in comparison to last year is marked in the following processing sector: electrical goods (24%), household goods (10%).
The most considerable decrease in investment is marked in the sector of car components production where in 2010 almost $4 mln was spent for equipment which is 2,5 as little as in in 2009.
According to MRC analysts estimates, by the end of 2010 investment in injection molding equipment may exceed $85 mln, mostly at the expense of packaging sector development.
More detailed analysis of polymers processing and consumption volumes by sectors, markets and types of finished products for each converter is presented in the Annual reports by MRC.